The scientist David H Hubel

David H Hubel

Living place: Canada

Birthday: 27-2-1926 (98 years old)

Global rank: #91949

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Who is The scientist David H Hubel?
Known for his research on the visual cortex of the brain, he was the 1981 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology. Also an academic, he taught for many years at Harvard Medical School.
He and his research partner and Nobel co-recipient, Torsten Wiesel, researched image processing by conducting experiments on cats.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He earned both his undergraduate degree in physics and his medical degree from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec.

Family life info

His marriage to Ruth Izzard resulted in three sons and lasted from 1953 until Izzard's death in February 2013 (Hubel died of kidney failure just seven months later)

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling The scientist David H Hubel?
He and molecular biologist Walter Gilbert were both 1980's first recipients of the Nobel Prize.

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When was The scientist David H Hubel born?
David H Hubel birthday 27-2-1926 (at the age of 98).
Where is The scientist David H Hubel's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
David H Hubel was born in . is a The scientist, whose Zodiac is Pisces, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Tiger. David H Hubel's global rank is 91949 and whose rank is 731 in list of famous The scientist.
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Events in 1926 and 27-2

Events in the world in the birth year of David H Hubel

  • A general strike in Britain brings the nation's activities to a standstill.
  • U.S. marines are dispatched to Nicaragua during the revolt; they remain until 1933.
  • Chiang Kai-shek becomes leader of China's revolutionary party following the 1925 death of Sun Yat-sen.
  • Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett fly from Spitsbergen to the North Pole and back.

Birthday David H Hubel (27-2) in history

  • Day 27-2 year 1844: Dominican Republic gained independence from Haiti.
  • Day 27-2 year 1933: German Reichstag building in Berlin was destroyed by fire.
  • Day 27-2 year 1951: The 22nd Amendment to the Constitution was ratified, limiting the President to two terms.
  • Day 27-2 year 1973: Members of the American Indian Movement occupied the village of Wounded Knee, S.D.
  • Day 27-2 year 1991: Kuwait was liberated in the Gulf War.
  • Day 27-2 year 2003: Fred Rogers, of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, died.
  • Day 27-2 year 2012: Ali Abdullah Saleh stepped down as president of Yemen after months of protests.
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